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Wall Of Black

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 53
words using the prompt word ‘thunderstorm’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

Image by Me & Gemini

The sky cracked open without warning. A wall of black swallowed the horizon in one gulp, and the air turned electric …. heavy, alive, dangerous. The fierce thunderstorm barreled in, taking the family by surprise. Rain fell sideways, brutal and cold. Lightning split the darkness wide…. one savage, blazing seam across the sky.

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53 Words

This is “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC

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